Sue Lomas
Mark Higginbottom
…….at a glance
Local
Approx 2000 participants
National
International
Up to 30 invited participants
Up to 4 UK participants
Worldwise Local Quiz
Face to face quiz for teams of three (years
8-10) secondary pupils organised locally
between or within schools during the
autumn term
Worldwise Geography
Awareness Week
Designated week in June each year for
primary, secondary and post 16 pupils to
undertake a range of activities on a
geographical theme that are available in
electronic poster format from the GA
website
Worldwise Online Quizzes
Online multiple-choice quiz questions for
primary & secondary pupils accessed via
the GA website for completion throughout
the year
Secondary
schools
build up a
portfolio of
evidence
which is
used by the
GA in
January
each year to
select up to
10 schools
to compete
in the
Worldwise
Challenge
Geographic
World
Championships
Worldwise Challenge
This is the culmination of
Worldwise for secondary schools
Up to 10 teams of 3 pupils (plus
accompanying teacher) gather at a
Field Studies Council centre in
April for a free-of-charge weekend
of engaging & innovative
fieldwork activities devised by the
GA
Pupils are
selected to
represent the
UK in global
competitions
The overall winners receive the
Worldwise Challenge trophy with
separate runner up prizes for Best
Team in the Field and Best
Presentation & Display
International
Geographical
Union Olympiad
Timeline of Key Activities
Sept-Dec: Local Quizzes taking
place during the autumn term
Jan: Selection for
the Challenge
Apr: Worldwise
Challenge weekend
Jun: Geography
Awareness Week
Jul: International
events
Current Strengths
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Working party comprises:
Sue Lomas (Chair),
Keith Orrell (Local Quiz & Online Quiz),
Mark Higginbottom (GAW),
Dave Holmes (Challenge),
Ruth Ward (Online Quiz),
John Cassidy (Marketing),
Richard Gill (GA Staff)
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Last working party meeting 9 Dec 2006 (typically 3 meetings pa)
Current Strengths
• Awareness Week (25th-29th June 2007)
– Activity (Where will I live?)
• Diverse range of activities for primary to post-16 students
from across the United Kingdom
• The Worldwise process leads to the Challenge and
ultimately a chance to be part of Team UK at the
World Championships/IGU Geographical
Olympiad.
Current Strengths-Challenge
Malham Tarn FSC 2005, 2006 & 2007
‘Seeing the different types of
scenery was great! It really
helped me understand my
geography and the fieldwork
was a really enjoyable
experience.’
Current Strengths-International
The Olympiad is a challenging
contest for senior secondary
students emphasising fieldwork and
analytical skills. It has three parts: a
written test, a multimedia quiz and a
substantial fieldwork exercise.
Brisbane 2006
The fieldwork focussed on
sustainable urban
communities, using Kelvin
Grove Urban Village
www.kgurbanvillage.com.
au as a case study.
Areas for future development
• Online Quiz further developed to be more creative and
interactive to engage young people in Primary and
Secondary schools in geographical learning. To be relaunched with sponsorship from Travelport.
• Face to face quiz with a National final informing
attendance at the World Championships/Olympiad.
• Establish a Northern European IGU Olympiad
hosted in Manchester to provide a further opportunity
for young people to engage with school geography and
young people from other communities, cultures and
ethnic groups.
• Publication of former GAW materials as web based
or hard copies for schools as a teaching and learning
resource.
The future (2)
• Video conferencing opportunities/ development of
VLP linked to GAW theme.
• Prince’s Trust Institute (PTI) summer schools. Links
between geography and other subjects e.g Geography/Science
or Geography in its own right
• Primary Challenge and Regional Challenge
opportunities.
• My Special Place website development in partnership with
Travelport.
ACTIVITY
•In a pair identify two ways to maximise the
opportunity for all young people of school age to
engage with Worldwise.
Next Actions
• Improve communication/marketing to:
– reach all teachers and pupils to engage them with
Geography and Worldwise activities, and therefore
engage with their subject (members’) association.
– Engage the wider public in issues relating to
geographical teaching and learning in schools.
– Engage other organisations (educational,
commercial and TV/Radio) in a complementary
geographical dialogue and provision of support for
Worldwise and its principles.
Worldwise